Third graders will be completing an online project about an ecosystem of their choice. Each student has their own site to work.
Click here to go to the list of sites. Once there please click on your name (in your class) and then begin working on your own site.
Adding Pictures
Pictures are a fun way to add more information about your ecosystem. To do this there are many steps
!. find the picture you want on another website
2. click on the picture to see if you can get it on its own screen.
3. right click on the picture and go down to properties
4. highlight the website shown
5. right click and copy
6. return to your ecosystem website
7. click on insert picture
8. click in the second dot
9. right click in the rectangle and paste (your picture's website should be there)
10. Click ok
!. find the picture you want on another website
2. click on the picture to see if you can get it on its own screen.
3. right click on the picture and go down to properties
4. highlight the website shown
5. right click and copy
6. return to your ecosystem website
7. click on insert picture
8. click in the second dot
9. right click in the rectangle and paste (your picture's website should be there)
10. Click ok
Bibliography
On the last screen of your project you are to add a bibliography. This is tells where you got your information. You may want to use Mrs. Leaf's Swift site (document tab, Social Studies, Bibliography HOW TO.. ) to find the proper way to write your bibliography. I only require that third grade writes name of book and author when documenting a book. When documenting a website, the website name, address and date are required.
Tropical Rainforest/ Jungle Ecosystem
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. Zoom Rainforest Information (Enchanted Learning): http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/
2. Jungle Walk animals of the jungle: http://www.junglewalk.com/photos/Animal-pictures.htm
3. Tropical Rainforest: http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/rainforest.html
4. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about tropical rainforests. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001912
1. Zoom Rainforest Information (Enchanted Learning): http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/
2. Jungle Walk animals of the jungle: http://www.junglewalk.com/photos/Animal-pictures.htm
3. Tropical Rainforest: http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/rainforest.html
4. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about tropical rainforests. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001912
Temperate Rainforest
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. Temperate Rainforest Ecosystems (by Nasa)- http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/jason/xv/docs/TempRain.pdf
2. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about deserts. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001910
3. Glossopedia: http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=3
1. Temperate Rainforest Ecosystems (by Nasa)- http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/jason/xv/docs/TempRain.pdf
2. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about deserts. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001910
3. Glossopedia: http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=3
Desert Ecosystem Information found here
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. Desert Ecosystem/ Mojave Desert: http://digital-desert.com/joshua-tree-national-park/ecosystems.html
2. Desert Ecosystem Facts: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/desert-ecosystem.html
3. National Geographic Brain Pop video on the Desert Ecosystem: http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0403/quickflicks/
4. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about deserts. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001913
1. Desert Ecosystem/ Mojave Desert: http://digital-desert.com/joshua-tree-national-park/ecosystems.html
2. Desert Ecosystem Facts: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/desert-ecosystem.html
3. National Geographic Brain Pop video on the Desert Ecosystem: http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0403/quickflicks/
4. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about deserts. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001913
Polar/ Tundra Ecosystem
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. Polar Ecosystem: http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/polar/polar_life_intro.html
2. Encyclopedia Britannica/ Polar Ecosystem: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/467008/polar-ecosystem
3. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about tundra. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001911
1. Polar Ecosystem: http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/polar/polar_life_intro.html
2. Encyclopedia Britannica/ Polar Ecosystem: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/467008/polar-ecosystem
3. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about tundra. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001911
Grassland Ecosystem
Grassland Ecosystem
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. Sheep and Grassland Ecosystem: http://www.ranching-with-sheep.com/grassland-ecosystem.html
2. Grassland Conservation Council in British Columbia: http://www.bcgrasslands.org/grasslands/grasslandsecosystems.htm
3. Answers.com Grassland Description http://www.answers.com/topic/grassland-ecosystem
4. Grasslands and Grasslands Animals from Enchanted Learning. This has great infor and some blackline pictures. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/grassland/grassland.shtml
1. Sheep and Grassland Ecosystem: http://www.ranching-with-sheep.com/grassland-ecosystem.html
2. Grassland Conservation Council in British Columbia: http://www.bcgrasslands.org/grasslands/grasslandsecosystems.htm
3. Answers.com Grassland Description http://www.answers.com/topic/grassland-ecosystem
4. Grasslands and Grasslands Animals from Enchanted Learning. This has great infor and some blackline pictures. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/grassland/grassland.shtml
Saltwater/ Ocean Ecosystems
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. BrainPop has a free video and information about the zones of the Oceans and what are located in these locations. http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/habitats/oceanhabitats/
2. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about tundra. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001914
3. Discovery Education and THE OCEAN: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/planetocean/ocean.html
1. BrainPop has a free video and information about the zones of the Oceans and what are located in these locations. http://www.brainpopjr.com/science/habitats/oceanhabitats/
2. TrueFlix books online has a book, movie and other information (AR test as well) about tundra. NOTE: You will need to get the log on and password for this from Mrs. Leaf http://tfx.grolier.com/p/node-33057/01001914
3. Discovery Education and THE OCEAN: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/planetocean/ocean.html
Freshwater/ Pond Ecosystem
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. Pond Ecosystem: BUZZLE offers a description of a pond and its ecosystem http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pond-ecosystem.html
2. Freshwater Ecosystem choose from several choices: http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/
3. Kids Do Ecology http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/freshwater.html
4. BBC Habitats; http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml
1. Pond Ecosystem: BUZZLE offers a description of a pond and its ecosystem http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pond-ecosystem.html
2. Freshwater Ecosystem choose from several choices: http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/
3. Kids Do Ecology http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/freshwater.html
4. BBC Habitats; http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml
Mountain Ecosystem
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. Definition of a Mountain Ecosystem: http://www.ehow.com/about_5479142_definition-mountain-ecosystem.html
2.WWF MOUNTAINS: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/about/habitat_types/habitats/mountains/
3. Britannica Encyclopedia, Mountain ecosystem (ecology): http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/394887/mountain-ecosystem
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1. Definition of a Mountain Ecosystem: http://www.ehow.com/about_5479142_definition-mountain-ecosystem.html
2.WWF MOUNTAINS: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/about/habitat_types/habitats/mountains/
3. Britannica Encyclopedia, Mountain ecosystem (ecology): http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/394887/mountain-ecosystem
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Garden Ecosystem
There are many sites with great information about the ecosystem of a rainforest/ jungle. Click on one of the links below or you may do your own searching using the search engine: askkids.com Remember to add the link of your information to your bibliography page of your report.
1. Components of a Garden Ecosystem http://www.ehow.com/list_7258862_components-garden-ecosystem.html
2. A Visit to Helen Yoest's Ecosystem Garden http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/a-visit-to-helen-yoests-ecosystem-garden.html
3. Garden as an Ecosystem: http://knol.google.com/k/the-teacher/garden-as-ecosystem/3606i0g4rhjzu/48#
1. Components of a Garden Ecosystem http://www.ehow.com/list_7258862_components-garden-ecosystem.html
2. A Visit to Helen Yoest's Ecosystem Garden http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/a-visit-to-helen-yoests-ecosystem-garden.html
3. Garden as an Ecosystem: http://knol.google.com/k/the-teacher/garden-as-ecosystem/3606i0g4rhjzu/48#